Jemaʿa autumn festival

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The Jemaʿa autumn festival is a major Yazidi religious celebration held at the Lalish temple complex, marked by communal rituals, pilgrimages, and traditional ceremonies.

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Jemaʿa autumn festival canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Yazidi religious festival
religious pilgrimage event
associatedReligion Yazidism
associatedWith Lalish temple complex
Yazidi holy figures
attendedBy Yazidi pilgrims from different regions
category Religious festivals in Iraq
Yazidi festivals
celebratedBy Yazidis
country Iraq
culturalContext Kurdish-speaking religious minority
frequency annual
hasPart animal sacrifice
collective prayers
communal rituals
lighting of lamps
pilgrimages
religious music and hymns
ritual bathing at sacred springs
sacred processions
social gatherings
traditional ceremonies
location Lalish temple complex
Lalish, Iraq
linked to: Lalish
mainSite Lalish sanctuary
purpose renewal of religious vows
strengthening community bonds
veneration of Yazidi sacred sites
religion Yazidism
ritualLanguage Kurdish (Kurmanji dialect)
season autumn
significance focus of communal identity for Yazidis
major annual Yazidi religious celebration
occasion for pilgrimage to Lalish

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Lalish temple complex pilgrimageEvent Jemaʿa autumn festival